This is the ONLY Sunday in all three years of the lectionary cycle that has a reading from Esther, so you'd better believe we're going to talk about that. And the Numbers reading reminds us of the calling we all have for ministry, not just religious leaders and authority figures.
Timestamps:
00:01 - title sequence
01:21 - What's on your mind?
08:07 - scripture reading from Esther
11:47 - commentary on Esther
28:10 - scripture reading from Numbers
33:19 - commentary on Numbers
43:10 - outro sequence
Purim--a festive Jewish holiday with an ending often ignored
Lectionary commentary for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (2024)
Esther 7:7-8, 7:11-9:19 and Numbers 11:7-9, 17-23
Hosts:
Pastor Annemarie Hartner-Cook
Pastor Rebecca Truland
Music:
London Calling by Ryan Andersen
FMA Podcast Suggestion by Stephan Siebert
from the Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC
